Cases
Representative Matters: Represent hotel developer in connection with br
ing, governance, capital improvement projects
commercial agreements. Representing a group of investors in negotiations to acquire the New York City Opera company's trademark, along with other assets. Represent one of the largest rooftop management companies in New York City in connection with corporate transactions
asset sales. Represent foreign textile manufacturer in connection with negotiation of Sourcing Agreement with major U.S. based retailer. Represent individual bondholder in contested confirmation hearing over terms of plan
change of control trigger contained in the controlling indenture. Representing Sifco S.A., a Brazilian axle manufacturer, in its U.S. chapter 15 bankruptcy proceedings. Counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors in the Orleans Homebuilders, Inc. chapter 11 proceedings, involving one of the oldest residential builders in the Northeast. Special counsel to Chemtura Corporation, one of the largest publicly traded specialty chemical companies in the United States, in connection with its chapter 11 proceedings. Counsel to secured lender in connection with multimillion-dollar contested confirmation hearing concerning a retail shopping center in upstate New York concerning valuation, financing
leasing issues. Counsel to collateral manager of CDO assets in excess of $6 billion in connection with the prosecution of claims
interests in numerous bankruptcy proceedings, workouts
restructurings, as well as related federal
state court litigation. Represented a financial group's liquidation trustee, winning at least tens of millions of dollars in a lawsuit which alleged a packaging
building products company was responsible for the failure of a bank which was a subsidiary
spin-off of the financial group. The company which acquired the building products company in February 2012 agreed to an $80 million settlement which will also provide an estimated $275 million in tax refunds previously paid to the IRS. Represented an affiliate of Sleepy's LLC in its winning bid to acquire 100% of the membership interests in Mattress Discounters Group, LLC, an 80-store mattress chain in Virginia, for $11.9 million, in addition to its previous acquisitions of the assets of Rockaway Bedding, Dial-A-Mattress
Better Bedding, primarily including intellectual property rights
shopping center leasehold interests. Jim has represented creditors
other stakeholders in major bankruptcy cases, including Worldcom, Delphi, Adelphia, Winstar Communications, Inc., Global Crossing, Calpine
Lyondell. Represented shopping center l
lord in the Kmart bankruptcy case with over seventy-five (75) locations.
